Shortly after Walter left, Melvin and Dvořák's best buddies showed up in John's office. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Sometimes relationships between people are just that. Melvin is a high-achieving student who graduated from a serious law major, a former ace agent of the FBI, and a "hero who fights crime" that terrifies the Chicago gangs. On weekdays, he lived a rigorous life, thought carefully, and treated people politely, and was a standard "puritan".

Dvořák is a street gangster who has been mixed with society since he was a child, a small trade union leader, who has not gone to school, and is familiar with all kinds of street tricks of cheating and abduction, and he is good at fooling, bribing, and using the leaders of various labor organizations. On weekdays, he likes to spend time drinking, is bold and thick-skinned, and can be called a brother and a brother with whom, and he has the style of "big brother on the road".

These two guys, who are obviously not all the way, met together, and they were able to have a chemical reaction, not only cooperated tacitly at work, but also became a pair of "good friends" in private, John felt incredible when he thought about it.

"Sit down." John motioned for the two generals to sit down, and then said, "I have something to explain to you first, I may not have time to take care of the company's affairs next year, and Walter will take over as the general manager of the company." ”

"Boss, you're going to abandon us." Dvořák's mouth was still so unshy.

"Shut up and listen to me!" John knew that he couldn't be allowed to interject at this time, otherwise the topic would not know where he would be taken for a while. "Next year, Adele will come to work in the company and sit on the supervisory board for me. She doesn't know much about the company's affairs, you have to mention her more, don't let the people under her blind her. ”

"Don't worry, with me Dvořák here, I'll see who dares to deceive Lady Adele." Dvořák patted his chest and assured John.

"Come on, I don't think you were the first to fool Lady Adele." While Dvořák pledged his loyalty, Melvin mercilessly demolished him.

John didn't have time to watch this pair of "good friends" fall in love and kill each other: "Don't make trouble, let's get down to business." I am very satisfied with the fact that you two have handled the company's labor problems very well. Adele came to the company this time, mainly to help me keep an eye on the company's directors and shareholders. She is a newcomer, has no roots in the company, and needs the support of low-level employees to stand up straight in front of those people. This requires your cooperation a lot. ”

Seeing that John was so serious, Melvin and Dvořák also became serious. John then explained the plan for a free canteen for employees, and asked Melvin, the administrative supervisor, to implement the trivial matters such as the venue, infrastructure, and material procurement. Dvořák needed to make a trip to Kentucky to talk to Colonel Sandoz about joining the franchise. The last time John didn't say "KFC grandpa", this time it depends on whether Dvořák's mouth is home.

"Okay, you can get moving. If you have any problems, report them directly to Adele, she is now your top boss. John felt that with himself and Walter on top and Melvin and Dvořák below, Adele should have no problem establishing herself in the company in the future. Go back and let Accord and Donald come to me. ”

"You can rest assured, you are guaranteed to complete the task!" Dvořák gave a funny military salute to his big belly.

"Come back!" John stopped him again when he turned to go out the door, "You stopped by for me when you went to Kentucky." With that, John took out his cheque book and signed a blank cheque for him: "Little Ella wants a pony for Christmas, you can go to the horse farm there and buy one for me, preferably white." ”

"Wrap it up on me, and I'll definitely pick a beautiful foal for Princess Ella." Dvořák took the check, "Where's the finish?" ”

"Washington, D.C., Paradise Hill Ranch. It's the one I sold before. You foster the horses there first, and I'll say hello over there. John's home in Washington doesn't have a stable, and although ponies are bigger than dogs, they're horses and don't have enough space to move around. John's previous ranch in Washington had been sold to Donovan, but with the relationship between the two families, it was still okay to foster a horse.

Seeing Melvin and Dvořák away, Jacob, the chief financial officer, and Donald, the company's in-house counsel, came to the door again. John called them this time to explain the company's listing arrangements. Among the subordinates in the company, James was the most incomprehensible to John.

This former bank manager of Marseille, who was introduced to him by his father-in-law, Monsieur de Garno, had been working under John for five or six years. He is experienced in handling things on weekdays, and he never makes a mistake in what John has told him. But John always felt that this person was a bit like the "man in the suit" in the Russian writer Chekhov's novel, as if he had been deliberately closing himself off, as if he was hiding from something.

Throughout the year, Jacob wrapped himself tightly and locked himself in his office when he had nothing to do, rarely interacting with anyone else. likes to shrink in the corner in public, almost never participates in topic discussions, and does not take the initiative to express opinions, looking like rejecting people thousands of miles away. It seems that he is always deliberately "invisible", not wanting others to notice him.

After so many years, John also knew that he had been a white glove for a certain big figure in French politics. Later, he fell back, and ran to the United States in order to escape political turmoil. John could vaguely sense that he had something to do with the Jews on Wall Street, and that there seemed to be some ulterior secrets. So over the years, Jacob has always done his duty, and there has never been a moth. But John was still a little uneasy about him, and wanted to test him again before leaving the company.

This litmus test is FedEx's IPO plan. If all goes well, it proves that Jacob's affair with the Jews on Wall Street is just an old affair between them, and he doesn't have to worry about it, who doesn't have a little secret.

If something does go wrong, it's not a big deal. First, the amount of shares issued this time is not large, and second, there is a lobby on Wall Street that Cornelius III helps him keep an eye on it. Brother Lobby is also a well-known veteran financier on Wall Street, and neither his connections nor power are comparable to Jacob, a Frenchman. It is not a bad thing to be able to see Jacob as a person in this way, and to remove this hidden danger from the company in one fell swoop.

John explained his plan to Jacob and Donald in person, and told them to go back and prepare the listing materials. In those days, the process of issuing shares was far less complicated than in later generations, and in John's view, there were so many loopholes in the so-called regulations that they were almost nonexistent. Moreover, this time John did not plan to make false accounts, falsely report the company's performance, and make money from the capital market.

He told Jacob and Donald that it was best to find a small brokerage firm that would issue one or two million shares. John's purpose is very clear, the main thing is to give some benefits to those capital predators and gag their mouths. By the way, change the nature of the company, from a private company to a public company, so that we can get a bigger share of the future wartime economy.

Jacob had been in the financial world for many years, and he quickly understood what John meant. Donald doesn't have any problems, and he comes from a family of lawyers, and he knows all the legal issues involved. Neither of them was a drag on the ground, and it didn't take long for them and John to finalize the approximate timeline of the listing plan and go back to prepare.

After a long day of meetings and conversations, John was also a little tired. But before he gets off work, he still has to see one last person.